Canada Post Address Guidelines - Free Adult Literacy Lesson

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Canada Post Addressing Guidelines

Visit the Canada Post website to read these guidelines .

Canada Post publishes guidelines to help people address mail using standards that guarantee successful, prompt delivery. Use this guide as a reader or bookmark the webpage for your reference. I have ranked the content as reading level 8.

If you have access to the Internet, you can

start by watching a youtube video Getting Started with Machinable Mail by Canada Post, Jun 17, 2016. It will give you some background on how mail is processed.
Watch a short video on using Microsoft Edge with built in browser tools to tackle reading the document on your own.
Visit the site and read Canada Post Addressing Guidelines using browser tools, or visit the site with a reading partner.

If you do not have access to the Internet or you would like to prepare before visiting the Canada Post site, try the warmup lesson below. The warmup lesson was prepared using the Canada Post Addressing guidelines dated January 18, 2022.

Addressing Guidelines Warmup

Key words, definitions, and concepts related to mailing a letter.

Click a tab to review key terms and concepts for each chapter. Sound the word out until you recognise it, then pronounce the word aloud. Consult the dictionary for help with pronunciation.

Chapter One

Overview.

This chapter explains why addressing guidelines are needed and how you benefit by following guidelines.

Sound it out. Say it!	to make a process work without a human operator.
The process was automated last year. The letters are sorted automatically. Mail is sorted by automated equipment. Click and look up

Note: Canada Post allows visitors to print or download Addressing guidelines external link for their own use, but Canada Post does not permit visitors to distribute the guide to others, republish it, or change it.